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The show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley
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who originally set it in a hospital in an unknown fictional town
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It is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running American soap opera in production
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second in American history after Guiding Light
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Concurrently, it is the world's third longest-running scripted drama series
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The Archer and Coronation Street, as well as the world's
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second longest-running television soap opera still in production
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In the 1970s, the city was renamed Port Charles, New York
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its inception, General Hospital starred John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin
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both actors remained with the show until their deaths in 1996 and 1991